Scrubber or cleaner.



W. B. ROHMER. SGRUBBER OR CLEANER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 26, 1906.

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PATENTED FEB. 5, 1907.

TINTTED STATES PATENT OFFTGFJ.

WILLIAM BELL ROHMER, OF BAY ST. LOUIS, MISSISSIPPI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ROBERT J. TURNER, OF BAY ST. LOUIS, MISSISSIPPI.

SCRUBBER OR CLEANER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 5, 1907.

To all whom, it 'm/ny (re/worn.

Be it known that I, I/VILLIAM BELL Ron- MER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Bay St. Louis, in the county of Hancock and State ofMississippi, have invented a new and useful Scrubber or Cleaner, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in scrubbers and cleaners.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofscrubbers and cleaners and to provide a simple, inexpensive, andefficient one designed for scrubbing floors and the like and adapted toenable such operation to be performed without the hands of the operatorcoming in contact with the water and without wetting the clothing.

A further object of the invention is to provide a cleaner or scrubber ofthis character having a plurality of mopcloths or scrubbing portionsadapted to be successively brought into use by turning the device toenable a floor to be scrubbed more rapidly than is possible with a mophaving only one scrubbing face or portion.

Also the invention has for its object to provide a mop having aplurality of mop-cloths or scrubbing portions located at opposite sidesof the mop when the latter is in use and adapted to be brought intoengagement with each other for expelling the water from the device andto obviate the necessity of cmploying a wringer for such purpose.

IVith these and other objects in view the invention consists in theconstruction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafterfully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointedout in the claims hereto appended, it being understood that variouschanges in the form, proportion, size, and minor details of constructionwithin the scope of the claims may be resorted to without departing fromthespirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the in vention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a mop constructed inaccordance with this invention and shown arranged for use. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is an edge view, theparts bein arranged to squeeze the mop-cloths.

ike numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

1 1 designate similar mop-heads hinged to- 5 5 gethcr at their outerends by means of flexible loops 2, of heavy cord or other suitablematerial, which pass through perforations 3 of the outer ends of themop-heads. Any form of hinge may be employed, but the flexi- 6o bleconnecting-loops are preferable, as they obviate the necessity ofcmployingmctallic hinges, which rust the mopcloths.

The mop-heads are each composed of a wooden back 4 and a scrubbing-faceor 1nop- 6 5 cloth consisting of a plurality of hanks 5, of cotton-yarnor other fabric, suitably secured at one end to the outer faces of thebacks of thcmophcads. The backs of the mop-heads may be slightly curvedto present convex 7o outer engaging faces to enable them to be operatedmore effectively against the floor or other surface to be cleaned orscrubbed, and by providing a pair of mop-heads adapted to be broughtsuccessively into position for use 7 5 by turning the device it will beapparent that the floor or other surface may be more rapidlyscrubbcdthan with a scrubbing or eleaning device having only one mop-cloth.

The mop-heads are provided with suitable 8o handles 6, which arepreferably bent at an intermediate point to provide inner and outerportions, which are arranged at an angle. The handles are suit ablysecured to the inner ends of the mop-heads at the rear faces 8 5 of thebacks, and the outer portions 7 of the handles are arranged at an angleto the mopheads, as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings. IVhen the mop is in position for use, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 ofthe drawings, the inner portions of the handles are arranged againsteach other and in parallelism and are preferably secured together bymeans of a ring 8 or other suitable device. The ring 8, which is mountedon one of the 5 handles, is adapted to be swung into and out ofengagement with the other handle.

The cleaning device may be made of any desired size to adapt it forscrubbing floors or for any analogous purpose, such as washing 1C0windows, cleaning cars, and the like. After each of the mop-cloths ormops has been used the cleaning device is adapted to be turned to bringthe fabric faces of the mop-heads in engagement with each other, wherebythe fabrics or mop-cloths are adapted to be squeezed for expelling thewater from them.

The mop-handles by being bent at an angle are adapted when their innerportions are I scrubbing-faces located at the front and back fittedtogether to hold the mop-heads at an angle to each other for arrangingthe outer scrubbing-faces in convenient position with relation to theinner portions of the handles for use upon a floor or other surface,and, when the cleaning device is reversed the inner portions of thehandles are spaced from each other to enable them to be readily graspedand easily operated for squeezing the mop-cloths. This will enable theoperation of scrubbing a floor or other surface to be performed withoutwetting the clothing and also without the hands of the operator comingin contact or being injuriously affected by the alkali and alkalinesoaps used for scrubbing. After a floor or other surface has beencleaned any water may be quickly removed by means of the mop-cloths andby squeezing the same over a bucket or other receptacle. The handles andmop-heads form two sections, which may be conveniently handled withoutthe mop-heads coming in contact with the operator.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A device of the class described comprising two mop-heads connectedtogether at the ouler end of the device, and provided withscrubbing-faces loca; ed at the front and back of the device, when thelatter is in use, and adapted to be successively brought into positionby turning the device, said mop-heads being reversible to bring thescrubbing-faces into engagement with each other for expelling the water,and handles connected with the inner ends of the mop-heads.

2. A device of the class described comprising two mop-heads hingedtogether at the outer end of the device, and provided with of thedevice, when the latter is in use, and adapted to be successivelybrought into position by turning the device, said mop-heads beingreversible to bring the scrubbing-faces into engagement with each otherfor expelling the water, and handles connected with the inner ends ofthe mop-heads and arranged at an angle to the same, whereby the mopheadsare held at an angle for use, said handles being separated, when themop-heads are reversed, to enable the scrubbing-faces to be pressedtightly together for expelling the water.

3. A device of the class described composed of two sections hingedtogether at the outer end of the device, each section comprising amop-head and a handle, the handles of the sections being arranged at anangle to the heads and angularly bent at an intermediafle point, wherebywhen their inner portions are arranged together, the mop-heads will beheld at an angle to each other.

4. A device of the class described comprising a pair of mop-heads hingedtogether at their outer ends and provided at their outer faces with mopslocated at opposite sides of the device when the latter is in use, andadapted to be successively brought into position for use by turning thedevice, and operaLing means connected with the inner ends of themop-heads for holding the latter in position for use and for reversingthe mopheads to squeeze the mops.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afliXedmy signature in the presence of two witnessesv WILLIAM BELL ROHMER.

Witnesses:

E. H. HOFFMANN, J. H. SYLVESTER.

